Real estate broker, insurance executive, banker, politician, civic leader. Born 1933 in Eola, Texas. Graduate of Baylor University, 1956. Married Ann Carolyn Dendy in 1955. Assistant Manager for Business Development, City of Abilene, Texas (1956-1959); partner with Millerman & Millerman real estate dealers (1959-1965); executive assistant to Texas Speaker of the House Ben Barnes (1965-1967); Vice-president and later President of National Western Life Insurance Company (1968-1970). President of Aberdeen Petroleum, Inc., of Tulsa, Oklahoma, (1968-1970). Vice-president (1968-1969), and President (1970) of the First National Bank of San Antonio, Texas. Served as chairman of the Texas Conservation Foundation Board; board member of Metropolitan General Hospital of San Antonio, Texas, trustee for Hardin-Simmons University and the Texas State Historical Foundation. While employed with Millerman and Millerman, Biggs played a significant role in establishing the Guadalupe Mountains National Park.
From the description of Papers, 1929-1970. (Texas Tech University). WorldCat record id: 23293388
Biggs is a real estate broker, insurance executive, banker, politician, and civic leader, who was born in 1933 in Eola, Texas. A graduate of Baylor University (1956), he married Ann Carolyn Dendy in 1955. His professional activities include: Assistant Manager for Business Development, City of Abilene, Texas (1956- 1959); partner with Millerman & Millerman real estate dealers (1959-1965); executive assistant to Texas Speaker of the House, Ben Barnes (1965-1967); Vice-president and, later, President of National Western Life Insurance Company (1968-1970); President of Aberdeen Petroleum, Inc., of Tulsa, Oklahoma, (1968-1970); and Vice-president (1968-1969) and President (1970) of the First National Bank of San Antonio, Texas. Biggs also served as chairman of the Texas Conservation Foundation Board, as a board member of the Metropolitan General Hospital of San Antonio, Texas, as a trustee for Hardin-Simmons University, and on the Texas State Historical Foundation. While employed with Millerman and Millerman, Biggs played a significant role in establishing the Guadalupe Mountains National Park.
From the guide to the Glenn Biggs Papers, S85. 1., 1929-1970 and undated, (Southwest Collection/Special Collections Library, Texas Tech University)
